Can or receptacle for ashes, &amp;c.



PATENTED. JUNE A2, 1903. 1

H. Donn; GAN 0R REGEPTAGLE PORASHBS, (im.

APPLIOATION FILED OCT. 3. 1902.

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CAN OR RECEPTA'CLEFORASHES, Sac.

SPEGIFIGATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 730,100, dated June 2,1903.

Application iled October 3, 1902.

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cles, more especiallyof the kind used for ashes, garbage, and the'likeor exposed `to rough handling or usage.

' sel embodying this invention.

This invention resides in certain features of construction set forth inthe following specification. and claims, and illustrated in the annex'eddrawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of a can or ves- Fig. 2is a central vertical section of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a plan viewof Fig. 1.Fig. 4 is asection along w Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail view of a plunger.

This invention relates to a receptacle for ashes and the like, havingvertical hollow rods or tubes secured to the vessel and a number ofplungers, each plunger being adapted to rest againsta cushionof rubberplaced in the interior of the tubes, so as to take up the shocks whenthe vessel is dropped on the ground.

The body of the receptacle is shown at a and the rods or tubes at b.These rods lor tubes are fastened to the exterior of the receptacle by anumber of laps c, which are riveted to .the receptacle. The interior ofeachl of the said rods or tubes is providedwith a plunger e, the upperportion of which'comes in contact with a rubber cushion f,the same beingbraced by a core g, made of wood-and filling the interior of the tube. lThe angleiron rims h h at the top and bottom of the vessel are rivetedor secured to the vesselbody. The said plungers have. secured to themthe hoop z', which -is placed below and out ofcontact with the bottom ofthe vessel, so that when the vessel is dropped or lauded hard on theground the plungers will give` or yield and the elastic cushions take upthe shock. j

What I claim as new,'aud desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A receptacle having tubessecured thereto, llers in said tubes,cushions seated against said fillers, and plungersplaced against saidcushions and projecting from the lower end of said tubes, for thepurpose speciiied.

to, fillers in said tubes, cushions seat-ed against said llers, plungersplaced against 2. A receptacle having tubes secured there-v

